1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to growth management; amending s. |
3 | 163.3164, F.S.; revising a definition; amending s. |
4 | 163.3177, F.S.; correcting a cross-reference; amending s. |
5 | 163.3180, F.S.; revising concurrency requirements and |
6 | procedures; providing sanctions; amending ss. 163.3184 and |
7 | 339.2819, F.S.; correcting cross-references; amending s. |
8 | 163.3247, F.S.; providing a requirement on the makeup of |
9 | the Century Commission for a Sustainable Florida; amending |
10 | s. 339.55, F.S.; deleting an annual appropriation from the |
11 | State Transportation Trust Fund for State Infrastructure |
12 | Bank purposes; amending s. 380.06, F.S.; revising certain |
13 | statutory exemption provisions for developments of |
14 | regional impact; amending s. 1013.65, F.S.; revising |
15 | provisions relating to sources of appropriations to the |
16 | Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust |
17 | Fund to delete an annual appropriation to the Classroom |
18 | for Kids Program; amending s. 1013.738, F.S.; revising the |
19 | eligibility criteria for the High Growth District Capital |
20 | Outlay Assistance Grant Program; revising provisions for |
21 | allocation of funds; providing calculations; amending s. |
22 | 27, ch. 2005-290, Laws of Florida; revising an |
23 | appropriation from the State Transportation Trust Fund for |
24 | Florida Strategic Intermodal System purposes; providing an |
25 | effective date. |
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27 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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29 | Section 1. Subsection (32) of section 163.3164, Florida |
30 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
31 | 163.3164 Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land |
32 | Development Regulation Act; definitions.--As used in this act: |
33 | (32) "Financial feasibility" means that sufficient |
34 | revenues are currently available or will be available from |
35 | committed funding sources for the first 3 years, or will be |
36 | available from committed or planned funding sources for years 4 |
37 | and 5, of a 5-year capital improvement schedule for financing |
38 | capital improvements, such as ad valorem taxes, bonds, state and |
39 | federal funds, tax revenues, impact fees, and developer |
40 | contributions, which are adequate to fund the projected costs of |
41 | the capital improvements identified in the comprehensive plan |
42 | necessary to ensure that adopted level-of-service standards are |
43 | achieved and maintained within the period covered by the 5-year |
44 | schedule of capital improvements. The requirement that level-of- |
45 | service standards be achieved and maintained shall not apply if |
46 | the proportionate fair-share mitigation proportionate-share |
47 | process set forth in s. 163.3180(12) and (16) is used. |
48 | Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (13) of section |
49 | 163.3177, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
50 | 163.3177 Required and optional elements of comprehensive |
51 | plan; studies and surveys.-- |
52 | (13) Local governments are encouraged to develop a |
53 | community vision that provides for sustainable growth, |
54 | recognizes its fiscal constraints, and protects its natural |
55 | resources. At the request of a local government, the applicable |
56 | regional planning council shall provide assistance in the |
57 | development of a community vision. |
58 | (c) As part of the workshops and public meetings, the |
59 | local government must discuss strategies for addressing the |
60 | topics discussed under paragraph (b), including: |
61 | 1. Strategies to preserve open space and environmentally |
62 | sensitive lands, and to encourage a healthy agricultural |
63 | economy, including innovative planning and development |
64 | strategies, such as the transfer of development rights; |
65 | 2. Incentives for mixed-use development, including |
66 | increased height and intensity standards for buildings that |
67 | provide residential use in combination with office or commercial |
68 | space; |
69 | 3. Incentives for workforce housing; |
70 | 4. Designation of an urban service boundary pursuant to |
71 | subsection (14) (2); and |
72 | 5. Strategies to provide mobility within the community and |
73 | to protect the Strategic Intermodal System, including the |
74 | development of a transportation corridor management plan under |
75 | s. 337.273. |
76 | Section 3. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2), paragraph (f) |
77 | of subsection (5), subsection (7), paragraphs (e) and (f) of |
78 | subsection (13), and paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e), and (f) of |
79 | subsection (16) of section 163.3180, Florida Statutes, are |
80 | amended to read: |
81 | 163.3180 Concurrency.-- |
82 | (2) |
83 | (c) Consistent with the public welfare, and except as |
84 | otherwise provided in this section, transportation facilities |
85 | needed to serve new development shall be in place or under |
86 | actual construction or programmed for construction to commence |
87 | in the Department of Transportation's work program or the local |
88 | government's schedule of capital improvements within 3 years |
89 | after the local government approves a building permit or its |
90 | functional equivalent that results in traffic generation. |
91 | (5) |
92 | (f) Prior to the designation of a concurrency exception |
93 | area, the Department of Transportation shall be consulted by the |
94 | local government to assess the impact that the proposed |
95 | exception area is expected to have on the adopted level-of- |
96 | service standards established for Strategic Intermodal System |
97 | facilities, as defined in s. 339.64, and roadway facilities |
98 | funded in accordance with s. 339.2819. Further, the local |
99 | government shall, in cooperation with the Department of |
100 | Transportation, develop a plan to mitigate any impacts to the |
101 | Strategic Intermodal System, including, if appropriate, the |
102 | development of a long-term concurrency management system |
103 | pursuant to subsection (9) and s. 163.3177(3)(d). The exceptions |
104 | may be available only within the specific geographic area of the |
105 | jurisdiction designated in the plan. Pursuant to s. 163.3184, |
106 | any affected person may challenge a plan amendment establishing |
107 | these guidelines and the areas within which an exception could |
108 | be granted. By October 1, 2006, the Department of |
109 | Transportation, after publicly noticed workshops, shall publish |
110 | and distribute to local governments a policy guideline |
111 | containing criteria and options to assist local governments in |
112 | planning to assess and mitigate the impacts of a proposed |
113 | concurrency exception area as described in this paragraph. |
114 | (7) In order to promote infill development and |
115 | redevelopment, one or more transportation concurrency management |
116 | areas may be designated in a local government comprehensive |
117 | plan. A transportation concurrency management area must be a |
118 | compact geographic area with an existing network of roads where |
119 | multiple, viable alternative travel paths or modes are available |
120 | for common trips. A local government may establish an areawide |
121 | level-of-service standard for such a transportation concurrency |
122 | management area based upon an analysis that provides for a |
123 | justification for the areawide level of service, how urban |
124 | infill development or redevelopment will be promoted, and how |
125 | mobility will be accomplished within the transportation |
126 | concurrency management area. Prior to the designation of a |
127 | concurrency management area, the Department of Transportation |
128 | shall be consulted by the local government to assess the impact |
129 | that the proposed concurrency management area is expected to |
130 | have on the adopted level-of-service standards established for |
131 | Strategic Intermodal System facilities, as defined in s. 339.64, |
132 | and roadway facilities funded in accordance with s. 339.2819. |
133 | Further, the local government shall, in cooperation with the |
134 | Department of Transportation, develop a plan to mitigate any |
135 | impacts to the Strategic Intermodal System, including, if |
136 | appropriate, the development of a long-term concurrency |
137 | management system pursuant to subsection (9) and s. |
138 | 163.3177(3)(d). Transportation concurrency management areas |
139 | existing prior to July 1, 2005, shall meet, at a minimum, the |
140 | provisions of this section by July 1, 2006, or at the time of |
141 | the comprehensive plan update pursuant to the evaluation and |
142 | appraisal report, whichever occurs last. The state land planning |
143 | agency shall amend chapter 9J-5, Florida Administrative Code, to |
144 | be consistent with this subsection. By October 1, 2006, the |
145 | Department of Transportation, after publicly noticed workshops, |
146 | shall publish and distribute to local governments a policy |
147 | guideline containing criteria and options to assist local |
148 | governments in planning to assess and mitigate the impacts of a |
149 | proposed concurrency management area as described in this |
150 | paragraph. |
151 | (13) School concurrency shall be established on a |
152 | districtwide basis and shall include all public schools in the |
153 | district and all portions of the district, whether located in a |
154 | municipality or an unincorporated area unless exempt from the |
155 | public school facilities element pursuant to s. 163.3177(12). |
156 | The application of school concurrency to development shall be |
157 | based upon the adopted comprehensive plan, as amended. All local |
158 | governments within a county, except as provided in paragraph |
159 | (f), shall adopt and transmit to the state land planning agency |
160 | the necessary plan amendments, along with the interlocal |
161 | agreement, for a compliance review pursuant to s. 163.3184(7) |
162 | and (8). The minimum requirements for school concurrency are the |
163 | following: |
164 | (e) Availability standard.--Consistent with the public |
165 | welfare, a local government may not deny an application for site |
166 | plan, final subdivision approval, or the functional equivalent |
167 | for a development or phase of a development authorizing |
168 | residential development for failure to achieve and maintain the |
169 | level-of-service standard for public school capacity in a local |
170 | school concurrency management system where adequate school |
171 | facilities will be in place or under actual construction within |
172 | 3 years after the issuance of final subdivision or site plan |
173 | approval, or the functional equivalent. School concurrency shall |
174 | be satisfied if the developer executes a legally binding |
175 | commitment to provide proportionate fair-share mitigation |
176 | proportionate to the demand for public school facilities to be |
177 | created by actual development of the property, including, but |
178 | not limited to, the options described in subparagraph 1. Options |
179 | for proportionate fair-share proportionate-share mitigation of |
180 | impacts on public school facilities shall be established in the |
181 | public school facilities element and the interlocal agreement |
182 | pursuant to s. 163.31777. |
183 | 1. Appropriate proportionate fair-share mitigation options |
184 | include the contribution of land; the construction, expansion, |
185 | or payment for land acquisition or construction of a public |
186 | school facility; or the creation of mitigation banking based on |
187 | the construction of a public school facility in exchange for the |
188 | right to sell capacity credits. Such options must include |
189 | execution by the applicant and the local government of a binding |
190 | development agreement that constitutes a legally binding |
191 | commitment to pay proportionate fair-share proportionate-share |
192 | mitigation for the additional residential units approved by the |
193 | local government in a development order and actually developed |
194 | on the property, taking into account residential density allowed |
195 | on the property prior to the plan amendment that increased |
196 | overall residential density. The district school board shall be |
197 | a party to such an agreement. As a condition of its entry into |
198 | such a development agreement, the local government may require |
199 | the landowner to agree to continuing renewal of the agreement |
200 | upon its expiration. |
201 | 2. If the education facilities plan and the public |
202 | educational facilities element authorize a contribution of land; |
203 | the construction, expansion, or payment for land acquisition; or |
204 | the construction or expansion of a public school facility, or a |
205 | portion thereof, as proportionate fair-share proportionate-share |
206 | mitigation, the local government shall credit such a |
207 | contribution, construction, expansion, or payment toward any |
208 | other impact fee or exaction imposed by local ordinance for the |
209 | same need, on a dollar-for-dollar basis at fair market value. |
210 | 3. Any proportionate fair-share proportionate-share |
211 | mitigation must be directed by the school board toward a school |
212 | capacity improvement identified in a financially feasible 5-year |
213 | district work plan and which satisfies the demands created by |
214 | that development in accordance with a binding developer's |
215 | agreement. |
216 | 4. This paragraph does not limit the authority of a local |
217 | government to deny a development permit or its functional |
218 | equivalent pursuant to its home rule regulatory powers, except |
219 | as provided in this part. |
220 | (f) Intergovernmental coordination.-- |
221 | 1. When establishing concurrency requirements for public |
222 | schools, a local government shall satisfy the requirements for |
223 | intergovernmental coordination set forth in s. 163.3177(6)(h)1. |
224 | and 2., except that a municipality is not required to be a |
225 | signatory to the interlocal agreement required by ss. |
226 | 163.3177(6)(h)2. and 163.31777(6), as a prerequisite for |
227 | imposition of school concurrency, and as a nonsignatory, shall |
228 | not participate in the adopted local school concurrency system, |
229 | if the municipality meets all of the following criteria for |
230 | having no significant impact on school attendance: |
231 | a. The municipality has issued development orders for |
232 | fewer than 50 residential dwelling units during the preceding 5 |
233 | years, or the municipality has generated fewer than 25 |
234 | additional public school students during the preceding 5 years. |
235 | b. The municipality has not annexed new land during the |
236 | preceding 5 years in land use categories which permit |
237 | residential uses that will affect school attendance rates. |
238 | c. The municipality has no public schools located within |
239 | its boundaries. |
240 | d. At least 80 percent of the developable land within the |
241 | boundaries of the municipality has been built upon. |
242 | 2. A municipality which qualifies as having no significant |
243 | impact on school attendance pursuant to the criteria of |
244 | subparagraph 1. must review and determine at the time of its |
245 | evaluation and appraisal report pursuant to s. 163.3191 whether |
246 | it continues to meet the criteria pursuant to s. 163.31777(6). |
247 | If the municipality determines that it no longer meets the |
248 | criteria, it must adopt appropriate school concurrency goals, |
249 | objectives, and policies in its plan amendments based on the |
250 | evaluation and appraisal report, and enter into the existing |
251 | interlocal agreement required by ss. 163.3177(6)(h)2. and |
252 | 163.31777, in order to fully participate in the school |
253 | concurrency system. If such a municipality fails to do so, it |
254 | will be subject to the enforcement provisions of s. 163.3191. |
255 | (16) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a |
256 | method by which the impacts of development on transportation |
257 | facilities can be mitigated by the cooperative efforts of the |
258 | public and private sectors. The methodology used to calculate |
259 | proportionate fair-share mitigation under this section shall be |
260 | as provided for in subsection (12). |
261 | (a) By December 1, 2006, each local government shall adopt |
262 | by ordinance a methodology for assessing proportionate fair- |
263 | share mitigation options. A local government that fails to adopt |
264 | a methodology for assessing proportionate fair-share mitigation |
265 | options by December 1, 2006, shall be subject to the sanctions |
266 | described in s. 163.3184(11)(a) imposed by the Administration |
267 | Commission. By December 1, 2005, the Department of |
268 | Transportation shall develop a model transportation concurrency |
269 | management ordinance with methodologies for assessing |
270 | proportionate fair-share mitigation options. |
271 | (b)1. In its transportation concurrency management system, |
272 | a local government shall, by December 1, 2006, include |
273 | methodologies that will be applied to calculate proportionate |
274 | fair-share mitigation. A local government that fails to include |
275 | such methodologies by December 1, 2006, shall be subject to the |
276 | sanctions described in s. 163.3184(11)(a) imposed by the |
277 | Administration Commission. A developer may choose to satisfy all |
278 | transportation concurrency requirements by contributing or |
279 | paying proportionate fair-share mitigation if transportation |
280 | facilities or facility segments identified as mitigation for |
281 | traffic impacts are specifically identified for funding in the |
282 | 5-year schedule of capital improvements in the capital |
283 | improvements element of the local plan or the long-term |
284 | concurrency management system or if such contributions or |
285 | payments to such facilities or segments are reflected in the 5- |
286 | year schedule of capital improvements in the next regularly |
287 | scheduled update of the capital improvements element. Updates to |
288 | the 5-year capital improvements element which reflect |
289 | proportionate fair-share contributions may not be found not in |
290 | compliance based on ss. 163.3164(32) 163.164(32) and 163.3177(3) |
291 | if additional contributions, payments or funding sources are |
292 | reasonably anticipated during a period not to exceed 10 years to |
293 | fully mitigate impacts on the transportation facilities. |
294 | 2. Proportionate fair-share mitigation shall be applied as |
295 | a credit against impact fees to the extent that all or a portion |
296 | of the proportionate fair-share mitigation is used to address |
297 | the same capital infrastructure improvements contemplated by the |
298 | local government's impact fee ordinance. |
299 | (c) Proportionate fair-share mitigation includes, without |
300 | limitation, separately or collectively, private funds, |
301 | contributions of land, and construction and contribution of |
302 | facilities and may include public funds as determined by the |
303 | local government. The fair market value of the proportionate |
304 | fair-share mitigation shall not differ based on the form of |
305 | mitigation. A local government may not require a development to |
306 | pay more than its proportionate fair-share mitigation |
307 | contribution regardless of the method of mitigation. |
308 | (e) Mitigation for development impacts to facilities on |
309 | the Strategic Intermodal System made pursuant to this subsection |
310 | requires the concurrence of the Department of Transportation. |
311 | The department has 60 days from the date of submission by the |
312 | applicable local government to concur or withhold concurrence |
313 | with the mitigation of development impacts to facilities on the |
314 | Strategic Intermodal System. If the department does not respond |
315 | within the 60-day period, the department is deemed to have |
316 | concurred with the mitigation. |
317 | (f) If In the event the funds in an adopted 5-year capital |
318 | improvements element are insufficient to fully fund construction |
319 | of a transportation improvement required by the local |
320 | government's concurrency management system, a local government |
321 | and a developer may still enter into a binding proportionate |
322 | fair-share mitigation proportionate-share agreement authorizing |
323 | the developer to construct that amount of development on which |
324 | the proportionate fair-share mitigation proportionate share is |
325 | calculated if the proportionate fair-share mitigation |
326 | proportionate-share amount in such agreement is sufficient to |
327 | pay for one or more improvements which will, in the opinion of |
328 | the governmental entity or entities maintaining the |
329 | transportation facilities, significantly benefit the impacted |
330 | transportation system. The improvement or improvements funded by |
331 | the proportionate fair-share mitigation proportionate-share |
332 | component must be adopted into the 5-year capital improvements |
333 | schedule of the comprehensive plan at the next annual capital |
334 | improvements element update. |
335 | Section 4. Subsection (17) of section 163.3184, Florida |
336 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
337 | 163.3184 Process for adoption of comprehensive plan or |
338 | plan amendment.-- |
339 | (17) A local government that has adopted a community |
340 | vision and urban service boundary under s. 163.3177(13) |
341 | 163.31773(13) and (14) may adopt a plan amendment related to map |
342 | amendments solely to property within an urban service boundary |
343 | in the manner described in subsections (1), (2), (7), (14), |
344 | (15), and (16) and s. 163.3187(1)(c)1.d. and e., 2., and 3., |
345 | such that state and regional agency review is eliminated. The |
346 | department may not issue an objections, recommendations, and |
347 | comments report on proposed plan amendments or a notice of |
348 | intent on adopted plan amendments; however, affected persons, as |
349 | defined by paragraph (1)(a), may file a petition for |
350 | administrative review pursuant to the requirements of s. |
351 | 163.3187(3)(a) to challenge the compliance of an adopted plan |
352 | amendment. This subsection does not apply to any amendment |
353 | within an area of critical state concern, to any amendment that |
354 | increases residential densities allowable in high-hazard coastal |
355 | areas as defined in s. 163.3178(2)(h), or to a text change to |
356 | the goals, policies, or objectives of the local government's |
357 | comprehensive plan. Amendments submitted under this subsection |
358 | are exempt from the limitation on the frequency of plan |
359 | amendments in s. 163.3187. |
360 | Section 5. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section |
361 | 163.3247, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
362 | 163.3247 Century Commission for a Sustainable Florida.-- |
363 | (3) CENTURY COMMISSION FOR A SUSTAINABLE FLORIDA; |
364 | CREATION; ORGANIZATION.--The Century Commission for a |
365 | Sustainable Florida is created as a standing body to help the |
366 | citizens of this state envision and plan their collective future |
367 | with an eye towards both 25-year and 50-year horizons. |
368 | (a) The commission shall consist of 15 members, 5 |
369 | appointed by the Governor, 5 appointed by the President of the |
370 | Senate, and 5 appointed by the Speaker of the House of |
371 | Representatives. Appointments shall be made no later than |
372 | October 1, 2005. The membership must represent local |
373 | governments, school boards, developers and homebuilders, the |
374 | business community, the agriculture community, the environmental |
375 | community, and other appropriate stakeholders. The membership |
376 | shall reflect the demographic makeup of the state. One member |
377 | shall be designated by the Governor as chair of the commission. |
378 | Any vacancy that occurs on the commission must be filled in the |
379 | same manner as the original appointment and shall be for the |
380 | unexpired term of that commission seat. Members shall serve 4- |
381 | year terms, except that, initially, to provide for staggered |
382 | terms, the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the |
383 | Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each appoint one |
384 | member to serve a 2-year term, two members to serve 3-year |
385 | terms, and two members to serve 4-year terms. All subsequent |
386 | appointments shall be for 4-year terms. An appointee may not |
387 | serve more than 6 years. |
388 | Section 6. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section |
389 | 339.2819, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
390 | 339.2819 Transportation Regional Incentive Program.-- |
391 | (4)(a) Projects to be funded with Transportation Regional |
392 | Incentive Program funds shall, at a minimum: |
393 | 1. Support those transportation facilities that serve |
394 | national, statewide, or regional functions and function as an |
395 | integrated regional transportation system. |
396 | 2. Be identified in the capital improvements element of a |
397 | comprehensive plan that has been determined to be in compliance |
398 | with part II of chapter 163, after July 1, 2005, or to implement |
399 | a long-term concurrency management system adopted by a local |
400 | government in accordance with s. 163.3180(9) 163.3177(9). |
401 | Further, the project shall be in compliance with local |
402 | government comprehensive plan policies relative to corridor |
403 | management. |
404 | 3. Be consistent with the Strategic Intermodal System Plan |
405 | developed under s. 339.64. |
406 | 4. Have a commitment for local, regional, or private |
407 | financial matching funds as a percentage of the overall project |
408 | cost. |
409 | Section 7. Subsection (10) of section 339.55, Florida |
410 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
411 | 339.55 State-funded infrastructure bank.-- |
412 | (10) Funds paid into the State Transportation Trust Fund |
413 | pursuant to s. 201.15(1)(d) for the purposes of the State |
414 | Infrastructure Bank are hereby annually appropriated for |
415 | expenditure to support that program. |
416 | Section 8. Paragraphs (l), (m), and (n) of subsection (24) |
417 | of section 380.06, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
418 | 380.06 Developments of regional impact.-- |
419 | (24) STATUTORY EXEMPTIONS.-- |
420 | (l) Any proposed development within an urban service |
421 | boundary established under s. 163.3177(14) is exempt from the |
422 | provisions of this section if the local government having |
423 | jurisdiction over the area where the development is proposed has |
424 | adopted the urban service boundary and has entered into a |
425 | binding agreement with adjacent jurisdictions and the Department |
426 | of Transportation regarding the mitigation of impacts on state |
427 | and regional transportation facilities, and has adopted a |
428 | proportionate fair-share mitigation share methodology pursuant |
429 | to s. 163.3180(16). |
430 | (m) Any proposed development within a rural land |
431 | stewardship area created under s. 163.3177(11)(d) is exempt from |
432 | the provisions of this section if the local government that has |
433 | adopted the rural land stewardship area has entered into a |
434 | binding agreement with jurisdictions that would be impacted and |
435 | the Department of Transportation regarding the mitigation of |
436 | impacts on state and regional transportation facilities, and has |
437 | adopted a proportionate fair-share mitigation share methodology |
438 | pursuant to s. 163.3180(16). |
439 | (n) Any proposed development or redevelopment within an |
440 | area designated as an urban infill and redevelopment area under |
441 | s. 163.2517 is exempt from the provisions of this section if the |
442 | local government has entered into a binding agreement with |
443 | jurisdictions that would be impacted and the Department of |
444 | Transportation regarding the mitigation of impacts on state and |
445 | regional transportation facilities, and has adopted a |
446 | proportionate fair-share mitigation share methodology pursuant |
447 | to s. 163.3180(16). |
448 | Section 9. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section |
449 | 1013.65, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
450 | 1013.65 Educational and ancillary plant construction |
451 | funds; Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust |
452 | Fund; allocation of funds.-- |
453 | (2)(a) The Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt |
454 | Service Trust Fund shall be comprised of the following sources, |
455 | which are hereby appropriated to the trust fund: |
456 | 1. Proceeds, premiums, and accrued interest from the sale |
457 | of public education bonds and that portion of the revenues |
458 | accruing from the gross receipts tax as provided by s. 9(a)(2), |
459 | Art. XII of the State Constitution, as amended, interest on |
460 | investments, and federal interest subsidies. |
461 | 2. General revenue funds appropriated to the fund for |
462 | educational capital outlay purposes. |
463 | 3. All capital outlay funds previously appropriated and |
464 | certified forward pursuant to s. 216.301. |
465 | 4.a. Funds paid pursuant to s. 201.15(1)(d). |
466 | b. The sum of $41.75 million of such funds shall be |
467 | appropriated annually for expenditure to fund the Classrooms for |
468 | Kids Program created in s. 1013.735 and shall be distributed as |
469 | provided by that section. |
470 | Section 10. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 1013.738, |
471 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
472 | 1013.738 High Growth District Capital Outlay Assistance |
473 | Grant Program.-- |
474 | (2) In order to qualify for a grant, a school district |
475 | must meet the following criteria: |
476 | (a) The district must have levied the full 2 mills of |
477 | nonvoted discretionary capital outlay millage authorized in s. |
478 | 1011.71(2) for each of the past 3 4 fiscal years or currently |
479 | receive an amount from the school capital outlay surtax |
480 | authorized in s. 212.055(6) that, when added to the nonvoted |
481 | discretionary capital outlay millage collected, equals the |
482 | amount that would be generated if the full 2 mills of nonvoted |
483 | discretionary capital outlay millage had been collected over the |
484 | past 3 fiscal years. |
485 | (b) The district must receive, in the current fiscal year, |
486 | revenue from the collection of an impact fee specifically for |
487 | schools and revenue from the collection of one of the following: |
488 | 1. A local government infrastructure sales surtax |
489 | authorized in s. 212.055(2) in which a portion is dedicated for |
490 | the construction of schools in the current fiscal year. |
491 | 2. A school capital outlay surtax authorized in s. |
492 | 212.055(6). If the school capital outlay surtax is used to meet |
493 | the conditions of paragraph (a), the amount of the school |
494 | capital outlay surtax collected must be in excess of the amount |
495 | in paragraph (a). |
496 | 3. A local bond referendum as authorized in ss. 1010.40- |
497 | 1010.55. Fifty percent of the revenue derived from the 2-mill |
498 | nonvoted discretionary capital outlay millage for the past 4 |
499 | fiscal years, when divided by the district's growth in capital |
500 | outlay FTE students over this period, produces a value that is |
501 | less than the average cost per student station calculated |
502 | pursuant to s. 1013.72(2), and weighted by statewide growth in |
503 | capital outlay FTE students in elementary, middle, and high |
504 | schools for the past 4 fiscal years. |
505 | (c) The district must have equaled or exceeded three times |
506 | twice the statewide average of growth in capital outlay FTE |
507 | students over this same 3-year 4-year period. |
508 | (d) The district must not have received an appropriation |
509 | from the special facilities construction program in the current |
510 | fiscal year. The Commissioner of Education must have released |
511 | all funds allocated to the district from the Classrooms First |
512 | Program authorized in s. 1013.68, and these funds were fully |
513 | expended by the district as of February 1 of the current fiscal |
514 | year. |
515 | (e) The total capital outlay FTE students of the district |
516 | is greater than 15,000 students. |
517 | (3) The funds provided in the General Appropriations Act |
518 | shall be allocated pursuant to the following methodology: |
519 | (a) Each eligible district school board shall receive an |
520 | amount from the Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service |
521 | Trust Fund to be calculated by computing the capital outlay |
522 | full-time equivalent membership as determined by the department. |
523 | Such membership must include, but is not limited to: |
524 | 1. K-12 students, except hospital and homebound part-time |
525 | students; and |
526 | 2. Students who are career education students and adult |
527 | disabled students and who are enrolled in school district career |
528 | centers. For each eligible district, the Department of Education |
529 | shall calculate the value of 50 percent of the revenue derived |
530 | from the 2-mill nonvoted discretionary capital outlay millage |
531 | for the past 4 fiscal years divided by the increase in capital |
532 | outlay FTE students for the same period. |
533 | (b) The capital outlay full-time equivalent membership |
534 | shall be determined for kindergarten through grade 12 and for |
535 | career centers by averaging the unweighted full-time equivalent |
536 | membership for the second and third surveys and comparing the |
537 | results on a school-by-school basis with the Florida Inventory |
538 | for School Houses. The capital outlay full-time equivalent |
539 | membership by grade-level organization shall be used in making |
540 | the following calculation: the capital outlay full-time |
541 | equivalent membership by grade-level organization for the prior |
542 | year must be used to compute the growth over the highest of the |
543 | 3 years preceding the prior year. The Department of Education |
544 | shall determine, for each eligible district, the amount that |
545 | must be added to the value calculated pursuant to paragraph (a) |
546 | to produce the weighted average value per student station |
547 | calculated pursuant to paragraph (2)(b). |
548 | (c) The total amount appropriated by the Legislature |
549 | pursuant to this subsection shall be allocated among the growth |
550 | capital outlay full-time equivalent membership. The allocation |
551 | shall be prorated to the districts based upon each district's |
552 | percentage of growth capital outlay full-time equivalent |
553 | membership. The most recent 4-year capital outlay full-time |
554 | equivalent membership data shall be used in each subsequent |
555 | year's calculation for the allocation of funds pursuant to this |
556 | subsection. If a change, correction, or recomputation of data |
557 | during any year results in a reduction or increase of the |
558 | calculated amount previously allocated to a district, the |
559 | allocation to that district shall be adjusted correspondingly. |
560 | If such recomputation results in an increase or decrease of the |
561 | calculated amount, such additional or reduced amounts shall be |
562 | added to or reduced from the district's future appropriations. |
563 | However, no change, correction, or recomputation of data shall |
564 | be made subsequent to 2 years following the initial annual |
565 | allocation. The value calculated for each eligible district |
566 | pursuant to paragraph (b) shall be multiplied by the average |
567 | increase in capital outlay FTE students for the past 4 fiscal |
568 | years to determine the maximum amount of a grant that may be |
569 | awarded to a district pursuant to this section. |
570 | (d) In the event the funds provided in the General |
571 | Appropriations Act are insufficient to fully fund the maximum |
572 | grants calculated pursuant to paragraph (c), the Department of |
573 | Education shall allocate the funds based on each district's |
574 | prorated share of the total maximum award amount calculated for |
575 | all eligible districts. |
576 | Section 11. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 27 |
577 | of chapter 2005-290, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: |
578 | Section 27. |
579 | (2) The following appropriations are made for the 2005- |
580 | 2006 fiscal year only on a nonrecurring basis: |
581 | (a) From the State Transportation Trust Fund in the |
582 | Department of Transportation: |
583 | 1. One hundred seventy-five Two hundred million dollars |
584 | for the purposes specified in sections 339.61, 339.62, 339.63, |
585 | and 339.64, Florida Statutes. |
586 | 2. Two hundred seventy-five million dollars for the |
587 | purposes specified in section 339.2819, Florida Statutes. |
588 | 3. One hundred million dollars for the purposes specified |
589 | in section 339.55, Florida Statutes. |
590 | 4. Twenty-five million for the purposes specified in |
591 | section 339.2817, Florida Statutes. |
592 | Section 12. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |